Baby.

Whenever people hear this word, a lot of things come to their minds like cute, astonishing, gorgeous, blessing and inspiration. Sadly, not everyone is blessed to have children of their own. And although it is very excruciating to even say, while some babies open their eyes to witness the beauty of life, there are some unfortunate babies who suffer from pain while sharp objects dismember their body parts through abortion.

What is abortion, you may ask? Abortion is a morbid act that brutally kills a baby inside the womb. Without any anesthesia, the unborn baby’s body parts are dismembered, torn apart and vacuumed or the baby is pulled out through the use of force while his head is still inside his mother and a sharp object will be plunged into the back of his neck and sucks out his brain.

Surely, just by reading this, one can already imagine the horrors of abortion. No doubt, just by imagining the pains and sufferings of innocent babies while they are being torn apart brings tears to everyone’s eyes.

“Women have the right to control their body.” – this is what people who support abortion always say. Yes, there is no question about that. But despite the idea that women have the right to control their body, they should never consider having an abortion.

Unquestionably, abortion is an epitome of selfishness. By undergoing abortion, a woman brutally kills her own baby, made from her own flesh and blood, who cannot even do anything about it. Abortion involves murdering the weakest and the most defenseless amongst humans. By opting to have her baby killed by having an abortion, a woman steals away her baby’s chance of witnessing the beauty of life. She hinders the opportunity of her baby to pursue his dreams. Abortion selfishly takes away the lives of future lawyers, doctors, soldiers, teachers and the heroes of the next generation.

Abortion is also against the religious views. One of the earliest Christian writings, the Didache or the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles states: "You shall not kill the child in the womb or murder a new-born infant." Religious traditions have always valued human life, including the unborn. Different religions emphasize that “Life begins at conception and is created by God.” Even the unborn children have certain rights to care, protection and most of all, life.

Lastly, abortion is an unsafe process and it can cause women lots of health problems. Research shows that abortion increases a woman's overall risk of breast cancer by 30 per cent. To make things worse, it is already proven that abortion plays a role in cancers of the reproductive system and rectal cancers. Not only that! Abortion can also affect the subsequent pregnancies negatively and can even cause sterility. Aside from these, women who undergo abortion have the tendency to suffer from lifelong depression because of guilt and their conscience. According to the medical experts, 90 per cent of the women who had an abortion were all shades of distress, anxiety, heartache and remorse. The list of the health problems caused by abortions does not end there. By having an abortion, women can suffer from infection, hemorrhage and uterine perforation which can actually lead to the death of these women.

Despite the idea that women have the right to control their body, they should never consider having an abortion because it is an epitome of selfishness, it is against the religious views and it can cause a lot of dangerous health problems which can even kill them. If they are not yet ready for the responsibility of having a baby, they can consider adoption. After all, adoption is a much better way than killing the baby, right? Besides, there are many couples out there who are yearning to have a child and are willing to show so much care, love and concern which the babies deserve.

Each year, two million lives are stolen away, two million defenseless babies are dismembered, torn apart and killed brutally and two million dreams and futures are crushed and destroyed all because of abortion. Why throw and waste another two million lives? Stop this murder. Say no to abortion.

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